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    Just want to add a pattern to put our attention on:

    Panic thru a flu (emotional warfare maybe?)
    or biological warfare (chemtrails)
    or frequency warfare (5G)
    or ...

    And WE ARE here to continue
    to breathe in
    and out
    and in
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    I find this desplicable, preposterous and a lot of other things i'm not going to say

    So now that the coup staged by the US in Venezuela has turned into a completely lost effort, they turn to this?

    With no proof whatsoever, offering millions of dollars to anyone that provides proof? Is there any logic in saying "he's a criminal, i don't have any proof but i will pay lots of money to anyone who can give the proof i need for my claims"

    How does this work? Is the US government completely lost now? Who is coming up with this claims? Since where you go and indict someone of something without any proof, and then offer to pay for someone, whoever it is, to prove you right?

    This is shameless, honestly. At a retarded level i never though possible and in front of the entire world LOL

    Quote Venezuela named 'sponsor of terrorism' by US..

    US Attorney General William Barr has announced the indictment of President Maduro and more than a dozen other Venezuelan officials for a narco-terrorism and cocaine trafficking conspiracy
    https://www.rt.com/shows/in-question...-of-terrorism/


    Quote Washington brings NARCO-TERRORISM charges against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
    https://www.rt.com/news/484184-us-ju...harges-maduro/

    I just don't know what to think about those people in the US, they completely lost it, they are shameless now.

    Let's see what the world will do about it, but i know the usual allies will comply with narrative no matter what or how ridiculous it is

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    Italy

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    https://www.euronews.com/2022/07/14/...alition-crisis

    Italy's president rejects Prime Minister Mario Draghi's resignation over coalition crisis

    Updated: 14/07/2022 - 20:30
    BREAKING NEWS


    Italian President Sergio Mattarella has rejected the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi, the presidency said on Thursday night.

    Earlier in the evening Draghi said he would tender his resignation on Thursday night, saying his coalition government had collapsed.

    "The President of the Republic has not accepted the resignation of the President of the Council and has invited him to come to parliament (...) so that an assessment of the situation can be made," the presidency's statement said.

    The premier won a confidence vote in the Senate earlier in the day, but the populist 5-Star Movement (M5S) boycotted the vote, throwing his coalition into crisis.

    The vote was 172-39, but 5-Star senators were absent after confirming they would not participate in the vote on a relief bill for soaring energy costs.

    "I will tender my resignation to the president of the republic this evening," Draghi told the cabinet, according to a statement released by his office.

    "The national unity coalition that backed this government no longer exists," he added.

    Were Draghi's resignation to be accepted and take effect, it could set the stage for an election as early as September.

    The confidence vote had become a focal point for tensions within Draghi's government as its parties prepare to fight each other in a national election due by early 2023.

    The decision by the 5-Star party to boycott the confidence vote on Thursday had plunged Italy into political uncertainty.

    It risked undermining efforts to secure billions of euros in European Union funds, tackle a damaging drought and reduce its reliance on Russian gas.

    Draghi raised the stakes by saying he would not want to lead a government without 5-Star.

    Theoretically he has a majority to govern even without the populist movement, but the former European Central Bank chief had said on several occasions that there would be no government without them.

    Draghi's broad government of "national unity" was formed in February 2021 with parties on both right and left to help Italy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic crisis. But without the support of M5S, he argues that his government would become "political" and he has no mandate to lead such a cabinet.

    "Since my inauguration speech to parliament I have always said that this government would have continued only if it had a clear perspective of achieving the government programme on which the political forces had voted confidence," Draghi told ministers on Thursday, reaffirming this position. "These conditions no longer exist today."

    5-Star emerged as the largest party in the previous election in 2018. But they have since suffered defections and a loss of public support.

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    Argentina

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    Argentina: Protests in Buenos Aires against government, IMF
    Argentine left and right wings gathered in the Plaza de Mayo in a protest against the IMF and in opposition to the national government.

    Argentine left and right wings gathered in the Plaza de Mayo in a protest against the IMF and in opposition to the national government.

    Thousands of people demonstrated in the streets of Buenos Aires on Saturday amid Independence Day celebrations to protest the government's actions in the face of the country's socio-economic difficulties.

    Leftist parties, unions, and social organizations gathered at the Plaza de Mayo to call for a general strike and a ceasing of payments in Argentina's agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) amid the country's increasing inflation and economic volatility.

    Concerns are surfacing in the country about the negotiation of the debt of 45 billion dollars with the IMF, an unleashed inflation that accumulates 30% so far this year that according to analysts could reach 70%, in addition to shortages and rising dollar prices in the official and black markets.

    While traditional left-wing parties packed the Plaza de Mayo, a smaller right-wing group headed from the city's obelisk towards the square and struggled to pass through a police line that was attempting to avoid any kind of violence between the two antagonistic groups.

    Carrying just Argentine flags and no political parties emblems, they managed to get to the Government House to stage their own demonstration, banging pots and singing the national anthem.

    One small group carried a guillotine with a banner naming the ruling party "Todos" and the phrase "dead, imprisoned or exiled" on top.

    Protesters also set a giant doll depicting vice-president Cristina Fernandez dressed as an inmate while carrying a bag full of money in one hand and holding a puppet of president Alberto Fernandez in the other.
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    https://twitter.com/Zakaria_Z_Army/s...03628065214469


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    Inflation Protests Span Sri Lanka, Albania, Argentina, Panama, Kenya, Ghana - How Long Before They Hit The United States?
    Rufas Kamau12:52pm EDT
    Sri Lanka is not the only country where household budgets are stretched to the breaking point. In many countries, high inflation has increased the cost of living, and protests are erupting at a rapid pace.

    In Sri Lanka, inflation reached 54.6% in June while the central bank raised interest rates to 15.5%. This means that workers in Sri Lanka are losing savings by the second, while debt repayments have increased, putting strain on household budgets. The government has failed to honor foreign debt, and the IMF has demanded that it raise taxes and combat corruption as a condition for receiving a bailout loan.

    Thousands of Albanians marched in Tirana last week, demanding that the government resign due to alleged corruption and a massive increase in consumer prices. The Albanian central bank announced a 1.25% interest rate increase, while official June inflation was 6.7%.

    Thousands of Argentinians marched in Buenos Aires last week to protest rising costs of living. With key interest rates at 52% and inflation at 60.7% in May, demonstrators urged the government to resign while rejecting IMF loans that come with ever-tougher conditions for citizens.

    Protests against the government in Panama began on first July, demanding that the government address the country's high cost of living. Demonstrators are demanding higher wages, lower commodity prices and the removal of supply chain bottlenecks. While inflation remains low in the highly monetized country, global supply chain issues have impacted Panama Canal revenues, reducing the government's revenues and projections.

    The cost of basic foodstuffs has skyrocketed in Kenya and hundreds of protesters marched through Nairobi on Saturday, urging the government to lower food prices. Protesters claimed that the high cost of living was caused by the state's excessive borrowing and rampant corruption. Kenya's official inflation rate is 7.91%, while interest rates are 7.50%.

    Ghanaians took to the streets in June to protest the high cost of living. The government was able to negotiate an IMF bailout after inflation reached 27.6% and raising interest rates to 19% did not appear to work. Ghana's economy has been flirting with a debt crisis due to excessive borrowing.

    There are other demonstrations in the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and China that seem to span people being unable to comfortably handle household budgets, their cost of living being threatened by environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies and inability to access cash at bank.

    While the US remains strong and employment data indicates a thriving economy, higher inflation could easily pressure household budgets and lead to protests. The FED is walking a tight rope and any mistake or black swan event could easily trigger demonstrations.

    As a citizen, you can protect yourself from excessive currency printing by investing in bitcoin BTC +4.2%+4.2% or other hard assets that cannot be printed for free. When held in self-custody, bitcoin has a hard cap and cannot be inflated. People who live in high-inflation areas could use bitcoin as a technology to store value and protect themselves from inflation. Furthermore, individuals who were unable to access their funds at Chinese commercial banks may benefit from a solid umbrella under bitcoin.
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    Australia

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    analysis: In the new COVID-19 era, politicians are advising the experts — and in some cases, ignoring advice they don't want to hear


    It's less than a year since the "hi-vis" protests brought Melbourne's CBD to an almost daily standstill. It's less than six months since the "Convoy to Canberra" saw huge crowds converge on the national capital for a two-week "freedom" festival.

    These demonstrations drew in all manner of anti-lockdown, anti-vax and anti-mandate campaigners (and a few conspiracy theorists, too). Their collective complaint was government control. The protesters wanted an end to requirements and restrictions being forced upon them to keep the virus at bay. They wanted the right to make their own choices.

    At the time, most political leaders brushed off such protests and complaints. They insisted the health advice must be strictly followed. "You know what's mandatory? Following the advice of experts" was a standard retort from Victorian Premier Dan Andrews.

    Now, apparently, it's no longer mandatory to follow expert advice. Governments can pick and choose.

    Moving away from mandates

    Australia's shift away from strict adherence to health advice has been gradual — but it's profound, nonetheless.

    This week, Victoria's Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas rejected advice from the state's acting Chief Health Officer to mandate mask-wearing in childcare centres, schools, retail and some hospitality venues, just as a new Omicron wave was taking hold.

    Australia's mask complacency in COVID-19
    Debate is once again raging about mask mandates, as health experts warn COVID-19 fatigue and complacency is costing the most vulnerable Australians.

    A woman in face mask, face shield and bathrobe in her garden
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    Mask wearing is still "strongly recommended" and many are

    A national approach

    The federal Labor government has equally moved away from supporting any widespread mandates.

    Health Minister Mark Butler says there is a "level of fatigue about being told what to do". He simply doesn't think mandates will be followed. Worse, they could be counterproductive.

    Butler has even advised chief health officers on the sort of advice they should be providing. They need to "make sure that they calibrate their advice for this third wave in 2022 in a way that gets the best response and the best behavioural response from our community," he told 3AW's Neil Mitchell.

    So, the politicians are now advising the experts. And, in the case of Victoria, ignoring expert advice they don't want to hear.

    Perhaps the politicians are right. Perhaps a "strong recommendation" will be more effective than a mask mandate. Perhaps there's sound advice from behavioural experts to back this up. Perhaps it's not just a political calculation based on focus group research four months out from the Victorian election.

    What if the calculations are wrong?

    The risk, of course, is that the politicians are wrong. The virus pays no heed to public opinion. If hospitals can't cope over the coming months, state governments will face a much tougher task justifying decisions to ignore health advice.

    The federal Health Minister is confident hospitals will manage. Butler has been advised COVID-19 admissions will rise from around 4,000 now to a little over 5,000 in the coming months. He expects the number of intensive care unit admissions, however, will be "markedly lower than they were in January". That's largely because the more severe Delta strain was still a problem back then. Making fourth-dose vaccines and antiviral treatments more widely available as of this week should also help.
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    Uber Files sparks street protests, calls to investigate politicians and a rude rebuttal
    Officials in multiple countries react to findings on the ride-hailing giant’s lobbying and other aggressive tactics behind its global rise.

    Taxi drivers have taken to the streets in Italy, European leaders call for lobbying reforms and top political figures are facing scrutiny in the wake of the Uber Files investigation.

    Lawmakers have urged the European Union to probe its former vice president Neelie Kroes’ ties to Uber and French President Emmanuel Macron issued a vulgar rebuttal to the investigation’s revelations.

    The fallout comes within days of the publication of the Uber Files, a global reporting collaboration led by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and The Guardian. A trove of internal records leaked by a former Uber executive reveal how the transportation giant used aggressive tactics to enter international markets, including holding undeclared meetings with public officials, using technology to evade government investigators in several countries, and seeking to exploit violence against its drivers to garner support for its agenda.

    Uber Files reignited protests in Rome, Naples and Milan by taxi drivers who stopped their services and staged sit-in protests on Tuesday, Italian media reported, and demonstrated at parliament today. Drivers have been protesting for weeks against a bill they claim threatens the taxi industry by allowing more competition from companies like Uber.

    More than 20 members of the European Parliament from the Socialist Democrat and Greens parties have signed a letter urging the European Commission to open an investigation into Kroes, a former European Commissioner. The Uber Files revealed that Kroes helped Uber lobby the Dutch government as the ride-hailing company reportedly sought to keep the relationship secret. Kroes has denied wrongdoing, and the European Commission said it would seek further clarification from Kroes.

    In France, President Emmanuel Macron dismissed the Uber Files findings when questioned by reporters on Tuesday, saying he was “proud” of the work he did trying to attract businesses to France during his time as economy minister. The Uber Files reveal Macron’s private communications and several undisclosed meetings with the ride-hailing startup between 2014 and 2016, while Uber was lobbying to change regulations and expand in France. Opposition parties have pushed for a parliamentary inquiry into Macron’s relationship with Uber.

    “We’ve created thousands of jobs … I would do it again tomorrow,” Macron said. He used a vulgar French expression referring to a man’s testicles to explain that he was unfazed by the scrutiny.

    In an interview with Reporterre, opposition parliamentarian Alma Dufour –a vocal opponent of American multinationals seeking deregulations in France – criticized Macron’s alliance with large tech companies and “start-up nation” vows, likening the president’s links to Uber to his support of Amazon’s expansion in the country.

    In Ireland, Prime Minister Michéal Martin told ICIJ partner The Irish Times that there should be more transparency around lobbying activities, after revelations that Uber tried to push a previous Irish government to loosen taxi regulations in Ireland. And Brendan Howlin, a former minister who championed lobbying regulations in 2015, criticized a former public official turned Uber lobbyist over Uber Files reporting on undisclosed contact with ministers.

    In India, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the minister for electronics and IT, told ICIJ partner the Indian Express that it was disturbing how platforms like Uber employed technology to “evade scrutiny and bypass laws.”

    “It has been fairly obvious to most people that big tech platforms have been using technology to game the system and consumers both, and have evaded scrutiny by constantly covering themselves with innovations,” said Chandrasekhar, pledging stricter rules and penalties in light of the Uber Files.

    Yolanda Díaz, Spain’s second deputy prime minister and labour minister, told reporters the Uber Files was a matter of “utmost seriousness” and said the investigation showed how corporate power could undermine democracy.

    The European Trade Union Confederation, with members in 39 countries, has also weighed in, accusing Uber of aggressively lobbying to “try and water down EU legislation on the rights of platform workers” and called to suspend accreditation for Uber’s EU lobbyists, pending an investigation. EU lawmakers are currently considering a draft bill to require gig-economy companies pay minimum wage, vacations and sick days to their workers.

    In response to ICIJ’s questions on the Uber Files, Uber said it has changed its lobbying rules since 2017 to include stronger oversight.
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    Protests in China

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    China real estate protests threaten to default on $220bn of mortgage loans from banks
    2022-07-14

    Chinese banks could confront heavy writedowns in their mortgage businesses as developing quantities of homebuyers take steps to stop loan repayments to protest against incomplete apartments sold to them, analysts said. The home loan bad-loan ratios for banks could rise three- to five-fold because of homebuyers halting home loan payments, analysts estimate, adding the protests will significantly add to lenders’ risk exposure to the cash-starved property sector.

    The homebuyers’ threats, mostly demanding government action by July or August deadlines, have deepened investor concerns about the property sector, which accounts for a quarter of the economy. Investors also worry about banks, which have been rattled in the past year by developers’ shortage of cash and many resulting defaults.

    The protests further weaken the outlook for banks, which are already reeling under the impact of a slowing economy as the government asks them to provide supportive lending for firms hit by COVID-19 containment measures.

    Chinese investors dumped banking and real estate stocks on Thursday, with the CSI300 Bank index falling as much as 3.3%.

    Mortgages account for nearly 20% of all loans.

    Up to 1.5 trillion yuan ($220 billion) of mortgage loans are linked to unfinished residential projects in China, ANZ said in a report. That could be at risk if the homebuyers’ protest, mainly focused on central Chinese cities, widens.

    Some big-city projects are already affected.

    Protests involved fewer than 20 developments at the beginning of this week but more than 100 by mid-week, according to media reports and analysts, who expect the number to reach 200 by the weekend.

    Developers involved in these unfinished projects include cash-strapped China Evergrande Group and Sinic Holdings, according to analysts and media reports. Evergrande declined to comment. Sinic did not immediately respond to request for comment.

    ‘PESSIMISTIC OUTLOOK’ Chinese authorities held emergency meetings with banks after becoming alarmed that an increasing number of homebuyers were refusing to pay mortgages on stalled projects, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

    Several local governments had also met with homebuyers this week, analysts and local media said, without providing details. “A primary concern is if this snub spreads too quickly and more home buyers follow suit only because their projects are going slowly, or simply out of a pessimistic outlook for the property sector,” said Shujin Chen, equity analyst at Jefferies.

    Though banks own the pre-sold apartments as collateral, they would still likely suffer a loss, because the assets are uncompleted. Waiting for completion could expose the banks to a risk of a substantial drop in real estate values. “It’s challenging to sell the apartments under current market conditions. Plus, if there comes a massive wave of home auctions, prices will crash,” said Xiaoxi Zhang, China finance analyst of Chinese research group Gavekal Dragonomics.

    A fund manager also said banks would get zero equity back if they seized uncompleted assets. “That’s going to wipe out half of the existing bank equity; it’s worst than subprime,” he said, referring to the US subprime mortgage crisis that began in 2007. The fund manager asked not to be named, due to the sensitivity of the matter.
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    Albania

    https://twitter.com/_AfricanSoil/sta...50168657694720



    https://twitter.com/BernieSpofforth/...25264091189250

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    Kenya, No food no elections!

    https://twitter.com/TheIntlMagz/stat...62798871334912


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    Hungary protests against new taxation laws

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    Protests continue in Panama

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    Wouldn’t it be something if the US got this riled up….?

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